Debug Windows Service

Question

Scenario

I\'ve got a windows service written in C#. I\'ve read all the google threads on how to debug it, but I still can\'t get it to work. I\'ve run \"PathTo.Net

Answer 1

I recently added this to a project and it works great for me. You can debug it just like any other EXE. After it is added go to your project properties and add a command line parameter (/EXE) in the Debug tab for the Debug build configuration.

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Shared Sub Main()

    '' 
    '' let's add a command line parameter so we can run this as a regular exe or as a service
    ''
    If Command().ToUpper() = "/EXE" Then
        Dim app As MyService = New MyService()

        app.OnStart(Nothing)
        Application.Run()
    Else
        Dim ServicesToRun() As System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase

        ' More than one NT Service may run within the same process. To add
        ' another service to this process, change the following line to
        ' create a second service object. For example,
        '
        '   ServicesToRun = New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase () {New Service1, New MySecondUserService}
        '
        ServicesToRun = New System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase() {New MyService}

        System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun)
    End If
End Sub